GRE Word List
WANGLE
to resort to trickery or devious methods
The meaning of the word wangle is to resort to trickery or devious methods.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| violate | break |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |